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As soon as the subordinate said this, Jaws‘ half–smirking gaze locked onto him, making him shudder.
But Jaws didn’t get angry. He just let out a soft chuckle and openly admitted that he had changed his mind. “Just pretend you never heard that.”
It didn’t really matter if Nyx ended up controlling him. After all, he could handle it.
To get a normal–looking skin, Jaws had suffered severe injuries. Even as an SS–level male with incredible regenerative abilities, he still needed a full day to recover.
Nyx had no idea what had happened. She had spent the entire day quietly in the lounge, undisturbed by Jaws. And now that she knew Kian had truly been released, she was in a pretty good mood.
But when she saw the out–of–control python again at midnight, her attitude softened just a bit–at least she wasn’t glaring at him anymore.
Still, having a giant serpent break into her room every night wasn’t exactly a pleasant experience.
Jaws was losing control way too often.
After yet another session of Mental Soothing, Nyx couldn’t help but ask, “Why do you lose control every day?”
She thought, ‘Is he like Kai before–struggling with some psychological issues?‘
“Are you worried about me?” Jaws gently twirled a strand of her long hair between his fingers.
He sat down right next to her, pulling her into his arms, rubbing his hands over her soft arms.
The males in her household were always reserved and well–mannered–only letting Nyx stroke their beast forms. She had never been on the receiving end before.
Being touched so boldly by Jaws, Nyx couldn’t help but throw an elbow at him.
Unsurprisingly, the one who ended up in pain was Nyx, not Jaws.
Jaws sighed and rubbed her elbow, “Didn’t I teach you? If you want to hit me, go for the face.”
With that, he took her hand and placed it on his face. “Go on, hit me.”
After waiting a moment and seeing she had no intention of slapping him, he lowered his head and kissed her hand.
Nyx thought he was crazy.
“I lose control often because I’ve taken too many inhibitors,” Jaws finally answered seriously. “The more you use them, the weaker they get. And once you stop, all the suppressed Loss of Control Index rebounds at an accelerated rate.”
Nyx was stunned. “There’s no solution?”
“No idea. Maybe not,” Jaws raised an eyebrow. “Then again, maybe if you completely soothed me once, I’d be fine.”
Seeing Nyx’s face turn furious from his teasing, he quickly shut up and burst into laughter. “Just kidding.”
Nyx clenched her fists in anger. She wasn’t someone who got angry easily, but with Jaws, she always felt like she was on the verge of exploding.
Taking a deep breath, she barely held herself back from hitting him and asked, “Kian’s father used the same inhibitors?”
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At the mention of Black Mamba, Jaws‘ smile faded slightly–almost like getting hit would’ve been easier to bear. “Yeah.”
“That stuff is expensive,” he muttered. “I wasn’t exactly bad to Black Mamba.”
Even after the betrayal, he hadn’t cut off Black Mamba’s father’s supply. He hadn’t even taken out his anger on the man.
Nyx blinked. She didn’t say anything, but her expression softened.
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Seeing her attitude shift, Jaws immediately seized the moment. He grabbed her hand and guided it under his shirt. “Feel it- no more scars.”
Jaws‘ skin was slightly cool to the touch, his muscles firm yet flexible. His newly grown skin was completely smooth, and it felt amazing.
Nyx momentarily lost focus, letting him drag her hand over his abs, and then his chest. When she finally snapped out of it, her face flushed red.
And Jaws just had to lean in and whisper, “So? Do you like it?”
His voice was unbelievably gentle, his breath warm against her ear, making her waist tingle.
Nyx curled her fingers, yanking her hand away. “No.”
The soft warmth of her palm vanished, but Jaws wasn’t upset. Instead, he just stared at her flushed earlobes and let out a deep laugh.
As long as he could make Nyx react to him, even just a little, all the pain from before seemed worth it.
Nyx didn’t want to continue this topic and made a request. “I want to see Kian.”
“No.” Jaws clicked his tongue, rejecting her outright.
He thought, “This daring little female takes every chance to push my buttons, always saying what I least want to hear!
Nyx pouted and stopped talking to him, using silence as her form of resistance.
Jaws kept pinching her cheeks, but she ignored him. When she got annoyed, she just swatted his hands away.
Jaws had never been shut down so many times by one person, yet he didn’t dare retaliate.
Twice, he’d tried to get back at Nyx and stir up trouble between her and Black Mamba, only to fail miserably. The whole thing left a deep scar on him.
When it came to Nyx, the only way to get on her good side was to go along with her. He didn’t dare to force her lest she got mad again.
Jaws kept lowering his standards, retreating again and again, until he became nothing more than a pathetic toy in her hands. He struggled with himself for a long time but still refused to give in. He didn’t want Nyx meeting Black Mamba.
He thought, ‘If I let this slide, what would be next? Would she demand to sleep with Black Mamba, too? She is Black Mamba’s child–is she expecting me to raise it as well?‘
Actually, Jaws didn’t mind raising Nyx’s child all that much. But right now, his jealousy toward Black Mamba was at its peak. He couldn’t stand the thought of that Black Mamba feeling smug.
“I’ll take you to see him tomorrow during the day. Just this once.” Jaws finally compromised.
Nyx took a step back as well and nodded. As long as she could confirm that Kian wasn’t being mistreated and had food and
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water, she could accept not meeting him for now.
After all, they were at someone else’s mercy. She had no idea when the Empire would come to rescue her. Pushing Jaws too hard wouldn’t be wise.
With Jaws blocking any distress signals, even if the magnetic storm passed, the Empire would have to track the last signal she left on Desolate Planet. If they could at least save Pale Wolf, that would be something.
Thinking about the wounded Pale Wolf made Nyx’s expression turn cold again. She shot a glare at the culprit.
The slight warmth in the air immediately froze over.
Jaws‘ heart skipped a beat. He thought, ‘Why is she mad again?‘
After pestering her for ages, he finally got the reason out of her. He was exasperated. “I didn’t hit him that hard. He won’t die.”
Pale Wolf was tough. Even without medical treatment or doctors on that planet, he’d recover on his own.
“But he coughed up blood,” Nyx said, still furious. After all, Pale Wolf had gotten beaten up so badly just to protect her.
Jaws ground his teeth with a smile. “Didn’t he throw the first punch?”
Not just Pale Wolf–Black Mamba was the same. Both times they fought, Jaws had only hit back in self–defense.
“What, you expect me to just stand there and take a beating without fighting back?” Jaws leaned in close, wanting to kiss Nyx who took full advantage of the fact that he wouldn’t do anything to her.
He added, “Unless it’s you hitting me–I promise I won’t fight back.”
Nyx almost got tangled up in his twisted logic, but she forced herself to think it through and caught the flaw. “No. If you hadn’t grabbed me, they wouldn’t have hit you in the first place.”
At the end of the day, Nyx thought, it was Jaws‘ fault.
“Fine. I’m the bad guy.” Jaws stopped arguing and just accepted it.
He grabbed both of Nyx’s wrists, pulled them into his palm, and flipped her onto her back. “The bad guy is about to bully you now.”
Nyx was caught off guard and thrown onto the bed. Her heart pounded, her whole body tensing up. She braced herself, but Jaws just lay there quietly, pressing against her without making another move.
Carefully, she turned her head to look at him–only to find that he had simply wrapped his arms around her, closed his
eyes,
and seemed to be settling in for sleep.
She tried to wriggle out of his embrace, but he just held her tighter. Furious, she grabbed a pillow and pressed it against his face, contemplating smothering him to death.
The lack of air made Jaws‘ face turn red, the color spreading all the way down to his neck.
His chest vibrated with low laughter. “A little harder.”
Even when he was too breathless to speak, he didn’t struggle.
In the end, Nyx couldn’t go through with it. She let go of the pillow, only to be met with a Jaws she had never seen before.
His hair was a mess, his eyes were bloodshot and brimming with unshed tears, and his usually striking features were damp, flushed unnaturally. There was something oddly vulnerable and strangely… alluring about him.
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His eyes stayed locked on Nyx without blinking, as if he were gazing up at a divine being who had bestowed pain upon him. willing to offer himself up as a sacrifice.
Even as he teetered on the edge of suffocation, his arms remained firmly wrapped around Nyx, refusing to let go.
Nyx struggled a few more times before giving up, realizing there was nothing she could do. She flopped back onto the bed, resigned, and before long, she actually fell asleep in Jaws‘ arms.
Once he was sure she was sound asleep, Jaws carefully got up and tucked the blanket around her.
His crimson eyes lingered greedily on the sleeping female’s face for a long time. He wanted to lean in and kiss her, but afraid of waking Nyx, he ultimately held back.
After three nights of dealing with the out–of–control giant python, Nyx’s sleep schedule had flipped. When the starship arrived at Crimson Sands at noon, she was still fast asleep.
Even when Jaws picked her up, she barely reacted. After being carried by him so many times over the past few days, she had passively grown accustomed to the embrace.
Jaws tucked her inside his oversized cloak to shield her from the harsh sunlight outside.
“Quiet.” He pressed a finger to his lips, giving a hushed warning to everyone around.
The Space Pirates, who had been excitedly preparing to welcome their leader home, instantly shut their mouths, exchanging silent glances instead.
Only after Jaws had walked off with Nyx in his arms did a wave of heated gossip explode among them.
The Space Pirates stationed at the base couldn’t believe it when they heard that their boss had captured Nyx for days but still hadn’t made a move on her.
“What?”
“Unless the boss isn’t interested in her?”
“No way. He seems really into her.”
“Then, does the boss have some kind of problem, stuff like ED?”
“Uh.”
In the interstellar era, even if someone did have ED, it was easily treatable and not a big deal.
But Jaws had always been an eccentric guy. If he did have an issue, he might refuse medical treatment out of sheer stubbornness.
Concerned about his health and happiness, one of his trusted subordinates hesitated before boldly handing Jaws an Augmenter.
Jaws was in the middle of preparing lunch for Nyx. Without thinking much about it, he grabbed the vial, assumed it was jus a regular nutrient supplement, and downed it in one gulp.
